The story of a funding campaign that saved a puppy that lost its limbs after falling into a canal, thanks to the efforts of 306 people
Updated: July 1, 2026
You can tell by reading this.
- The reward amount was 1,000 won and the target amount was 7.77 million won, making it difficult to expect a successful funding, but 306 supporters gathered to achieve 100%.
- Shin Jung-hye Maker put a honest story instead of a brilliant story, and through the new news, she constantly communicated with supporters and drew sympathy from many people.
- In this way, in sponsorship funding, honest stories with sincerity rather than grandiose or unusual ideas are the most important weapons to move the hearts of supporters.
Three-month-old dog Sue lost her hands and feet after falling into a ditch, but she started a new life thanks to 306 supporters she met through Wadiz sponsored funding. Please pay attention to this infinitely cute dog's feet. The dog in the picture fell into a waterway while living a wandering life, and was dramatically rescued, but unfortunately lost his hands and feet. I will tell you how Su-ro, who went through the ordeal, found a new life through funding through an interview with Shin Jung-hye Maker.
Three-month-old puppy in waterway
The ditch in the picture is where the waterway is missing. A big dog would have been able to climb on its own, but it was hard to climb a high wall for Sue, who was just three months old.
Suro was found by a neighbor who was feeding his dog. At the time of discovery, his feet were already in bad condition. It was hidden somewhere when the energy remained, and it wasn't until people didn't even have the strength to move.
The neighbor who first discovered the waterway quickly fed him water and took him to a nearby animal hospital. In my honest opinion, he took me away thinking that I would be diagnosed with death at the hospital. According to Kim Joon-tae, the doctor of the veterinary hospital, the first condition of the waterway was not a horse. Necrosis was in progress at the end of the leg, and the test showed that there was even anemia. Still, the hospital helped the waterway continue its dog life, saying, "It's better than dying, let's save it!" The amputation of the leg was inevitable.
Wadiz Sponsorship Funding Started With Friend's Recommendation
Shin Jung-hye Maker, who opened straw funding, said she didn't know much about Wadiz. But when I told my friend about Su-ro's story, he recommended me to fund it. So I opened Wadiz Funding with the feeling of catching straws. They say that the funding opening was not difficult. According to Shin Jung-hye Maker, it was easy to make it 'next new work'. Rather than writing the story in a grand way, he also wrote whining. However, one difficult situation arises.
I set the reward amount to 1,000 won. However, the target amount to be collected was 7.77 million won. Wadiz can't modify the funding amount after opening the project. So Shin Jung-hye Maker said she had given up on her funding success early on.
306 Heroes in Difficulty
Meanwhile, Wadiz sees this story. There were a lot of people who were sorry for the story of Su-ro, and they exposed the main banner in the hope that the funding would succeed. Of course, the amount of funding increased little by little thanks to the maker's consistent posting of the news of Su-ro in the new news before, but when the main banner was exposed, it increased significantly once again.
Shin Jung-hye Maker left this comment. "One hero is important, but it feels like a group of little people came together and became a hero." So, a total of 306 people participated, and the funding achieved 100%. Su-ro regained her health, and Shin Jung-hye Maker sent Su-ro's newsletter to 306 heroes. And finally, Suro was adopted by a friend of the maker's and someone who offered Wadiz funding.
Now, the waterway is living a new dog life under the name of 'Chopa'. The adoptee said this in a phone interview. "At first, I sponsored it because I felt sorry for it, but as I kept watching it, I got attached to it. When I heard that no one was going to adopt a disabled dog, I said I would. Everyone says they made a difficult decision, but the atmosphere got better after Chopa came to my house. It's rather healing to play with Chopa while making eye contact."
Shin Jung-hye Maker, who conducted straw funding with waterways, said she got to know a lot of good people through this funding. I also had hope for the world, and I realized how much power SNS has when it is used as a pure function. In that sense, I ended the interview by saying that there should be more sponsorship funding to change the world.
Another Project Started With Straw Funding
Thanks to the clunky but authentic story, the news of the waterway, and the supporters who recognized it, the straw funding could be completed well. Since then, Shin Jung-hye Maker has once again opened up funding for neutering stray dogs in the area where Chopa fell into the waterway, and the project has also been successfully completed.
Listening to Shin Jung-hye Maker's story, I think the important thing in sponsorship funding is "how honestly and how consistently you deliver the news" rather than a perfect story. It's an example of showing that supporters will be on my side if the truth is conveyed even if it's not perfect.
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